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Boys and Girls Volleyball Players Earn All-Big Eight Honors

Beloit Memorial’s boys volleyball team is well-represented on the 2022 All-Big Eight Conference Team and the Purple Knights’ Karlin West received Coach of the Year.

Beloit senior Danny Hereford received First Team honors while senior Kai Wong was named to the Second Team.

The Knights’ Brooks Mitchell earned Honorable Mention.

Middleton senior Ben Heise earned Player of the Year. The entire team follows:

• FIRST TEAM: Danny Hereford, Beloit Memorial, sr.; JJ Ross, Madison La Follette, sr.; Ben Krumbach, Madison Memorial, sr.; Justice Koning, Madison Memorial, jr.; Henry Possell, Madison West, so.; Ben Heise, Middleton, sr.; Ambrose Engling, Middleton, jr.; Alexander Heuer, Middleton, sr.

• SECOND TEAM: Kai Wong, Beloit Memorial, sr.; Max Levihn-Karls, Edgewood, sr.; Luke Murphy, Fort Atkinson, jr.; Greg Smith, Madison East, jr.; Noah Freeman, Madison La Follette, sr.; Joe Dawson, Madison Memorial, jr.; Tristan Simkowski, Madison Memorial, jr.; Brody Stuttgen, Middleton, jr.

• HONORABLE MENTION: Brooks Mitchell, Beloit Memorial, jr.; Nick Flynn, Edgewood, jr.; Evan Mello, Edgewood, fr.; Paul Kraske, Edgewood, sr.; Shadavien Johnson, Madison East, so.; Tylor Brackett, La Follette, sr.; Gannon Mefford, Madison West, jr.; Abram Mueller, Madison West, jr.; Ronan Rataj, Madison West, sr.; Joe Ilk, Middleton, sr.; Kaden Fosdick, Middleton, sr.

• GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Beloit Memorial senior outside hitter Sara Holguin was named to the Second Team on the All-Big Eight Girls Volleyball Team.

Knights junior middle hitter Allie Gustafson earned Honorable Mention.

Middleton boasts both the Coach of the Year in Maddie Vogel and Player of the Year in Sierra Pertzborn. The entire team follows:

• FIRST TEAM: Isabella Vitaioli, OH, Janesville Craig, jr.; Rowan Schreiber, MB, Madison Memorial, sr.; Siri Moeser, MH, Madison West, jr.; Sierra Pertzborn, MH, Middleton, sr.; Jordan LaScala, OH, Middleton, sr.; Evin Jordee, S, Middleton, sr.; Sari Marks, S, Sun Prairie West, fr.; Laura Kisting, MH, Verona, sr.; Julia Trias, L, Verona, sr.; Reagan McIntosh, S/RS, Verona, jr.

• SECOND TEAM: Sara Holguin, OH, Beloit Memorial, sr.; Lily Campbell, S, J. Craig, jr.; Kiki McCoy, OH/MH, Madison La Follette, sr.; Emme Myers, OH, Mad. Memorial, jr.; Lucy Cranley, L, Madison West, fr.; Eliana Ross, DS/L, Middleton, sr.; Brooke Labuwi, L, Sun Prairie East, sr.; Audrey Davis, OH, Sun Prairie West, so.; Lauren Adams, MB, Sun Prairie West, sr.; Jamie Puent, OH, Verona, sr.

• HONORABLE MENTION: Allie Gustafson, MB, Beloit Memorial, jr.; Kaelyn Minich, OH, Parker, jr.; Katelyn Mills, S, Parker, jr.; Taia Hodgkinson, MB, J. Craig, sr.; Ale Gonzalez De Vincente, L, Madison East, sr.; Sophia Schliem-Guzman, OH, Madison East, sr.; Chloe Markle, L, La Follette, sr.; Alyssa Konrad, S/RS, Mad. Memorial, fr.; Haley Smith, S/RS, Mad. Memorial, jr.; Emerson Hackbart, L/DS, Mad. Memorial, jr.; Chloe Anderson, OH, Madison West, sr.; Maria Brown, S, Madison West, jr.; Erin Tormey, RH, Mad. West, sr.; Amelia Frautschi, M/RS, Middleton, sr.; Amber Wahlgren, DS/L, Middleton, jr.; Kensey Adkins, DS, Sun Prairie East, sr.; Allison Bostley, M, Verona, so.; Mikayla Ott, OH, Verona, sr.

Source: Beloit Daily News